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The NUS graduate who passed on a corporate career to join the circus in Macau

The NUS graduate who passed on a corporate career to join the circus in Macau

Ms Megan Lau, 24, is the only Singaporean amid an international cast in the The House of Dancing Water, a water-based circus show in Macau.

To prepare for the role, Ms Lau spent eight months training in Macau.

Nine times a week, she is suspended like a human chandelier in a shimmering 15kg skirt and a Swarovski-studded headpiece.

Ms Lau said she was “definitely very scared” at the beginning as she had only performed in one aerial show in Singapore prior to joining the circus.

The job is a ‘childhood dream’, having watched the performance when she was 13 years old.

Ms Lau has a degree in philosophy, politics and economics, having recently graduated from the National University of Singapore (NUS).

"In Singapore we have metrics of success that we usually measure ourselves by, like our careers or what degree we study. But I think sometimes we really need to find a passion that we love.”